Mean Mama Blues

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(Brassband)

[Verse 1]
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For weary weeks I waited and hoping
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 for the best
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But blues will make me ramble and 
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the rails are leading west
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 I'm feeling awful lonesome, 
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pleasure I can't find
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I'm leaving you Mean Mama, just to 
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worry you off o' my mind

[Break]
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(yodel)

[Verse 2]
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That old gang kindly whispers, just 
fall in line and smile
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Mean Mama haunts me and I crave the 
peace of miles
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I don't know where I'm going, I'm 
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feeling kinda quare
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I've been from several places 
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and I'm going to be from here

[Break]
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(brassband)

[Verse 3]
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Seems there's something missing, 
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there's feelings in my breast
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I crave to cover distance, so Mean
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 Mama give me wrest
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I hear the rails a-singing, the 
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sky is clear and blue
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 I'm going to leave you mama, 
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when the train comes rolling through

[Break]
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(honky tonk piano)

[Verse 4]
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No money in my pocket, I'm roving 
around so flat
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And soon I'll be strolling, down 
that railroad track
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 And when I'm miles away, riding
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 all the while
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I'll think of you Mean Mama, I 
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think of you and smile

[Other]
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(yodel)